“During earthworks, a high pressure gas polyethylene pipe with a diameter of 225 mm was damaged. There were 8 settlements left without gas (about 800-900 houses, more than 7 thousand people), ”Interfax quotes a message from the main department of the Ministry for Emergencies in the republic.

Disaster recovery work is underway.

Earlier it was reported that in Sevastopol, exercises were conducted to eliminate the consequences of a domestic gas explosion.